The Official 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

Good to be at another real race track. Really looking forward to this one, and the classic GPs on BBC are as great as ever.

2003, Webber hitting the wall, then Alonso pushing through the yellow flag hitting debris? If thats the one am thinking of there were so many good overtakes and action in that race its shocking its not included!

Shinnbob Wrote:
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> Good to be at another real race track. Really
> looking forward to this one, and the classic GPs
> on BBC are as great as ever.
>
> 2003, Webber hitting the wall, then Alonso pushing
> through the yellow flag hitting debris? If thats
> the one am thinking of there were so many good
> overtakes and action in that race its shocking its
> not included!


As well as a river on turn three, which took many cars out, a couple of safety cars and the race winning car catching fire in the pit lane.

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That 2003 race might have been farcical, but it did a lot for F1's overall fanbase. I know a couple of people who never did like F1, but happened to tune in when that Brazilian GP was on, and ended up hooked until it was red-flagged because of all the crashes and insane action going on. They can't have been the only ones.

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The 2003 race just went to show how unlucky Rubens is here. I think he was one of only 2 Bridgestone-shod cars not to crash (the other going on to win with massively superior tyres as the track dried) and he had a failure - a fuel pump or a fuel sensor failure I think it was... either way he ran out of fuel.

There's no way the championship's going down to Abu Dhabi unless Vettel can trounce Button, as poor Ruben's isn't going to do it!

IIRC Rubens had a misfire on the engine which increased its fuel consumption, thus causing him to run out when he should've still had at least a lap or two left. Yes, very unlucky, especially considering his car was essentially a year old and problems like that should've been easily prevented, and that he'd driven a near-flawless race up to that point, with his only mistake being his tardy rolling start right at the beginning.

I really hope there's some rain on Sunday before the race, like there was last year. Then we should get a brilliant race, and the Championship would be less likely to be decided. And who knows, then Rubens might finally get to win this damn race!

The classic GPs on the BBC website are really good choices IMO. In particular the 1982 and 1989 races, because I hadn't seen such complete videos of them before. The striking thing about the 1982 race was the comparative lack of fitness amongst the drivers(Piquet on the podium being the most famous example). Great battle for the lead in that race too. The 1989 race was about Mansell being epic really. The way he fought back from having his second pitstop(and changing the 5 wheels) was pretty impressive.
What was sadly missing from the 1989 vid was the onboard shot from Boutsen's car as he drove through the debris from the Senna/Berger/Patrese collision, in which a piece of debris slices Boutsen's mirror off. It's a pretty striking piece of footage.

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/16/2009 02:05AM by EC83.

Interesting that Piquet Sr. is at the track this weekend



I don't think he would be getting a great reception within many parts of the paddock.

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X (@ed24f1)

Practice 1 on now

Watch it here;
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X (@ed24f1)

Piquet said he was visiting friends... and looking for a job for his son . It's true, he said that!

Also, my Boss will be watching the race with Luca di Montezemolo in the paddock....

Guimengo Wrote:
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> Also, my Boss will be watching the race with Luca
> di Montezemolo in the paddock....

Interesting, what connections does your boss have to be able to do that?

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X (@ed24f1)

Can't fully disclose just yet :P. I told him I hope it eventually rains on them for a little bit, just to throw Jenson off .

Yes, the Brazilian crowd would go ballistic if he did go off and Rubens won, or even if Rubens won in any circumstances.

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X (@ed24f1)

FP2 coverage is starting now, this is looking pretty exciting so far. If only the true pace was reflected by the FP1 results...

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all 20 drivers within 1 sec.. AMAZING

i remember when it was either a Mclaren or Ferrari on top of the timesheets on any session, now it could be a Toro Rosso, Force India, Brawn, Ferrari, Renault, Mclaren, Toyota

Let's not forget that Interlagos is a lot shorter than most other tracks, so of course the difference would get smaller here.

Guimengo Wrote:
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> Piquet said he was visiting friends... and looking
> for a job for his son . It's true, he said
> that!
>
> Also, my Boss will be watching the race with Luca
> di Montezemolo in the paddock....


YOU UNLUCKY PERSON! . I'd be screaming my head off and asking how I could get to do that if I was in your position. Anyone thinking McDonalds sponsoring Ferrari next season?

Less than a second separating the entire field in FP2!! A bit of rain tomorrow would make it literally anyone's session.

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Monil, believe me I am pushing for that .

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it has been raining all morning at Interlagos and it should be raining all day but will see what happends

vesuvius Wrote:
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> it has been raining all morning at Interlagos and
> it should be raining all day but will see what
> happends

Just a little bit wet.... start of FP3 has been delayed as the cloud is too low for the medical helicopter to fly.

//edit: Raining quite heavily again and thunder and lightning. If this doesn't change, the grid will be decided by a session tomorrow, by championship order or the times yesterday... I can't remember which now. :D



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/2009 04:16PM by gav.